Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

"Yes, I will follow your instructions and not let you worry." When the time comes, I can only agree to it first. As for whether to do it or not? Ha! When a general is away from home, he is not subject to military orders!

But he would do what he could, not for himself, but for Honghan's safety! After all, the Empress Dowager only had two sons, and he couldn't risk his life for his fourth brother's future, right?

Then, at the end of November, a jaw-dropping imperial edict was issued from the inner court, "Prince Xian Yunzhen is ordered to establish the South China Sea Navy, Prince Zhao Honghui and Fourth Prince Honghan are ordered to establish the East China Sea Navy, Yue Zhongqi and Prince Guo Yunli are ordered to establish the West China Sea Navy. All of them are ordered to leave immediately for their respective garrisons, without any mistakes!"

The rest of the candidates were acceptable, and all the civil and military officials, former court officials and imperial concubines had no objections. Only the candidate for the Oriental Navy aroused objections from the entire court.

"Your Majesty, Prince Zhao is of noble status, how could he risk his life? The Fourth Prince is even more of a legitimate son, so it would be a bit bad for the two gentlemen to go to Japan like this, right?"

"I know, but Prince Zhao cares about the world and is determined to create an East Asian navy for me regardless of his own safety. How can I dare to stop him? Otherwise, can you convince him for me?" He agreed, but he still didn't want his eldest son to suffer and take risks at sea!

At this time, Honghui stood up and said, "The imperial decree has been issued. How can we treat it as a joke? Father Emperor, I have made up my mind. Even if the ministers kneel before me to stop me, I will still go to Japan!"

I knew it would be like this!

Yinzhen didn't dare to hold out any more hope, and ordered in a low voice: "Prince Heng, Prince Dun, the food and armaments will be in the hands of you two. Prince Fu, the shipyard will be in your hands. How can one Nanyang shipyard be enough? Prince Cheng, I intend to destroy all those longevity creams. How to alert the world is up to you!"

Several people followed the order and did as they were told. Then, amid weeping, Prince Zhao, Prince Xian and others left the capital city, which was in turmoil.

Half a year later, the fleet returned safely to the capital after suffering 30% casualties. Bringing them back was a ship full of gold, silver, jewelry and tributes from various countries. The estimated value of the goods was as much as one million. The huge profits almost made the civil and military officials drool with envy.

Of course, the military expenditure of the Nanyang Navy was also recouped, and even more than enough to build another half navy.

However, Yinzhen was not very happy. The reason was that the Qing Dynasty was already a piece of fat meat that the Western countries had coveted for a long time. If there was any mistake, it would suffer the tragic end of being divided up by various countries.

No one knew what Prince Li and Prince Lian secretly reported to the emperor. Anyway, from then on, the navy and the bannermen had an endless supply of food and armaments, and the Minister of Revenue, who was responsible for allocating money from the national treasury, was always green in the face. But the Emperor was in charge of the decision-making process, so who dared to object?

In the spring of the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign, the Qing fleet went out to sea again, but this time it was purely for sea trade. Well, although there were more shareholders and the fleet was a little bigger, with a few more ships the number would have reached a hundred!

About ninety ships went out to sea in a mighty manner, accompanied by the surrounding navies throughout the journey. Then, in the autumn, the Nanyang Navy got a lot of gold and silver from somewhere and made up for all the consumption of the national treasury in the past two years.

Well, no outsiders knew where this mountain of gold and silver came from. As for the royal family members, they all kept their mouths shut and were secretly happy in their hearts!

……

In October of the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign, Prince Zhao, who had been away in Japan for nearly two years, was recalled to the capital by an oral order. Emperor Yongzheng Yinzhen tricked his eldest son back by saying that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill.

Yes, it's cheating!

God knows how speechless Honghui was when he rushed back to the capital with a worried look on his face, only to see a healthy old man!

Emperor, is it that serious? He hasn't been back to Beijing for two years. Is it necessary to go through so many ways to trick him back?

Facing that rather guilty look, Honghui said with a half-smile: "I wonder what serious illness the Royal Mother has contracted? Royal Father, what does the imperial physician say?"

what……

Yinzhen's eyes flickered. He glanced at the disapproving Empress Dowager, then at the empress who was obviously laughing at him. He gritted his teeth and made up a lie, "Ah... your Royal Madam just had a relapse of an old illness. The imperial physician was very skilled and cured her before you came back..."

"Really? I wonder which doctor it is? I'm going to go and thank him profusely, after all, he saved the Royal Madam's life!"

"Yes Yes……"

Seeing the emperor's embarrassed look, the empress dowager spoke up to help: "Okay, Honghui, stop teasing your royal father. You've been gone for two years, and no matter how much you urge him, he won't come back! Your royal father keeps nagging about you, and now he can't stand it anymore, so he tricked you back."

Hong Han finally realized that the news that the emperor's mother was seriously ill was actually false! What's wrong with the emperor's brain that he came up with such a bad idea?

While he was lost in thought, Honghui lifted his robe and knelt on the ground again, "It's all my grandson's fault. I was not able to enjoy the affections of the Royal Father and the Royal Mother, nor was I able to show my filial piety to the Royal Mother..."

Seeing this, Hong Han followed closely and knelt down to apologize: "My grandson is also wrong..."

"Hurry up and get up, my dear grandson. You brothers have become darker, thinner and older. You must have suffered a lot, right?"

Honghui said lightly: "It's not bitter. The scenery on the sea is very beautiful, which is completely different from that in Beijing. My grandson has gained some experience."

"Silly child, don't lie to me. You brothers just experienced a naval battle in June this year. Don't you think I didn't know? I heard that Honghan also injured his arm. Ask the imperial physician to treat him carefully. Don't take it lightly." The empress dowager felt more and more distressed as she spoke. She hugged her two tall grandsons into her arms and examined them carefully.

Hong Han's ears turned red but he didn't dare to shake it off. After a while, he said, "My grandson just had a sprain. He will be healed in less than half a month. You don't have to worry."

Honghui, on the other hand, looked at his fourth brother with a wide smile on his face. After seeing the joke, he gently comforted the elders who were still worried, "Madam, Father, and Mother, my fourth brother and I are fine. Although we have become darker and thinner, we are actually much stronger inside. If you don't believe me, you can ask the imperial physician to check our pulses. We brothers don't have any internal injuries."

This is indeed the case. Compared with the navies of the North, South and West, the development of the East Navy was quite smooth. Not only did no one dare to trip it up from behind, even the pirates, Japanese pirates and Westerners seemed to have eyes and avoided the East. Although there were occasional wars, they did not cause any losses. Honghui kept wondering in private - why didn't anyone dare to mess with him?

Even so, the troops must be trained as before, and the navy must be expanded as before. There is nothing that Honghui cannot do, except what he cannot think of.

Look, in just two years, the Eastern Navy is almost catching up with the South China Navy, which was the first to develop!